HR 3163 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Affordability Is Access Act

Introduced Jul 22, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Tammy Duckworth D-IL

Latest action · Jul 24, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJul 22, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Affordability Is Access Act

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require health insurance and group health plans to cover, as preventive care for women, over-the-counter oral contraceptives for daily use, regardless of whether an enrollee has a prescription for the contraceptive. (Insurers and plans cannot impose cost sharing for preventive care.)

Cosponsors 89

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 22, 2015 to Nov 15, 2016; 76 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-FL	Alan Grayson	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-CA	Ami Bera	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-TX	Beto O'Rourke	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-IL	Cheri Bustos	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-IA	David Loebsack	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-GA	David Scott	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-CA	Jackie Speier	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-CA	Janice Hahn	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-WA	Jim McDermott	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-CA	Judy Chu	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-MN	Keith Ellison	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-CA	Lois Capps	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-FL	Lois Frankel	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-IL	Mike Quigley	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-FL	Patrick Murphy	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-VT	Peter Welch	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-WA	Rick Larsen	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-PA	Robert A. Brady	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-CA	Scott H. Peters	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-MA	Seth Moulton	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-CA	Susan A. Davis	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Jul 22, 2015
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Jul 23, 2015
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		Jul 23, 2015
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Jul 27, 2015
D-CA	Mark Takano		Jul 28, 2015
D-NC	David E. Price		Dec 18, 2015
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		May 17, 2016
D-WA	Adam Smith		May 25, 2016
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		May 25, 2016
D-CA	Juan Vargas		May 25, 2016
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		May 25, 2016
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Jul 18, 2016
D-NY	Grace Meng		Sep 28, 2016
D-FL	Gwen Graham		Nov 15, 2016

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jul 22, 2015
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Jul 24, 2015

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 24, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 22, 2015Introduced in House
Jul 22, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution which gives Congress the authority to ``make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Office thereof.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 115, July 22, 2015, page H5403.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1532	Affordability Is Access Act	Identical bill	Jun 9, 2015

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To ensure timely access to affordable birth control for women.
Short Titles as Introduced: Affordability Is Access Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 22, 2015Introduced in House

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